Groundcover Revolution : How to Use Sustainable, Low-Maintenance, Low-water Groundcovers to Replace Your Turf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jentz, Kathy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens--Designs and plans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2023.

Summary:

Groundcover Revolution features 40 eco-friendly alternatives to a turfgrass lawn so you can stop mowing, watering, and fertilizing while enhancing biodiversity and creating a beautiful landscape.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Contents

1 | Why Replace Turfgrass Lawns

2 | Benefits of Groundcovers

3 | How to Select the Right Groundcover for Your Situation

4 | Installing and Maintaining Groundcovers

5 | Groundcover Profiles

Bugleweed Ajuga reptans

Pussytoes Antennaria spp.

Wild Ginger Asarum canadense

Hardy Begonia Begonia grandis

Brunnera Brunnera macrophylla

Japanese Sedge Carex morrowii

Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica

River Oats Chasmanthium latifolium

Green and Gold Chrysogonum virginianum

Lily-of-the-Valley Convallaria majalis

Epimedium Epimedium spp.

Blue Fescue 'Elijah Blue' Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Strawberry Fragaria spp.

Cranesbill Geranium Geranium macrorrhizum

Hellebore Helleborus spp.

Heuchera Heuchera spp.

Hosta Hosta spp.

Quaker Ladies Houstonia caerulea

Mosses Hypnum spp.

Dwarf Crested Iris Iris cristata

Winter Jasmine Jasminum nudiflorum

Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis

Lamium Lamium maculatum

Liriope Liriope muscari

Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia

Dwarf Mondo Grass Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nanus'

Prickly Pear Opuntia spp.

Pachysandra Pachysandra procumbens

Golden Ragwort Packera aurea

Creeping Phlox Phlox stolonifera

Solomon's Seal Polygonatum spp.

Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides

Groundcover Roses Rosa spp.

Creeping Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostratus' and Creeping Thyme Thymus praecox

Creeping Raspberry Rubus hayata-koidzumii

Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia spp.

Stonecrop Sedum ternatum

Lamb's Ear Stachys byzantina

Dwarf Comfrey Symphytum ibericum

Wild Violet Viola spp.

6 | Covering Ground if Nothing will Grow There

Sources and Resources

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Photo Credits

Index

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Jentz, Kathy Groundcover Revolution

ISBN:

9780760378168

OCLC:

1356004547